German Holidays (Feiertage) 2008

N = National Holiday
R = Regional Holiday - only in some States (Bundesländer)
S = Sunday - Holiday falls always on a Sunday (i.e Easter)
O= Other Holidays

BW = Baden-Württemberg, BY = Bayern, BE = Berlin, BB =Brandenburg, HB = Hansestadt Bremen, HH = Hansestadt Hamburg, HE = Hessen, MV =Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NI = Niedersachsen, NW = Nordrhein-Westfalen, RP =Rheinland-Pfalz, SL = Saarland, SN = Sachsen, ST = Sachsen-Anhalt, SH = Schleswig-Holstein, TH = Thüringen

 

Day	Weekday	C	Feiertag	Holiday
1-Jan	Tue	N	Neujahr	New Years Day
6-Jan	Sun	R	Heilige Drei Koenige (only in BW, BY, ST)	Epiphany Three kings
4-Feb	Mon	O	Rosenmontag
5-Feb	Tue	O	Fastnacht	Mardi GrasCarneval
6-Feb	Wed	O	Aschermittwoch	Ash Wednesday
21-Mar	Fri	N	Karfreitag	Good Friday
23-Mar	Sun	S	Ostersonntag	Easter
24-Mar	Mon	N	Ostermontag	Easter Monday
1-May	Thu	N	Maifeiertag	Labor Day
1-May	Thu	N	Christi Himmelfahrt	Ascension Day
1-May	Thu	S	Vatertag	Father's Day
11-May	Sun	S	Muttertag	Mothers Day
11-May	Sun	S	Pfingsten	Pentecost
12-May	Mon	N	Pfingstmontag	Whit Monday
22-May	Thu	R	Fronleichnam (only BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL and parts of SN und TH)	Corpus Christi
8-Aug	Fri	R	Friedensfest (Augsburg only)
15-Aug	Fri	R	Maria Himmelfahrt (SL and Parts of BY)	Assumption
3-Oct	Fri	N	Tag der Deutschen Einheit	Day of German Unity
31-Oct	Fri	R	Reformationstag (only in BB, MV, SN, ST und TH)	Reformation Day
16-Nov	Sun	S	Volkstrauertag	German veterans day observance
19-Nov	Wed	R	Buss- und Bettag (only in SN)	Day of Prayer and Repentance
23-Nov	Sun	S	Totensonntag	Mourning Sunday
24-Dec	Wed	O	Heiligabend	Christmas Eve
25-Dec	Thu	N	1. Weihnachtstag	Christmas Day
26-Dec	Fri	N	2. Weihnachtstag	Second Day of Christmas
31-Dec	Wed	O	Silvester	New Year's Eve